Marital bliss ends for Adam and Eve

The honeymoon is over for Adam and Eve after God kicks them out of the Garden of Eden.

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Adam and Eve disobeyed the
Sovereign Lord, who unceremoniously kicked them out of the Garden
of Eden.

While in the Garden of Eden, the
couple enjoyed a lifestyle about which most people only dream.
"Taking care of Eden was no trouble at all," Adam
recalled.

"You're right about that," said
Eve. "But since we don't live in Paradise any more, everything
seems much more difficult."

"I shouldn't have disobeyed God,"
Adam responded. "If I had been obedient, we wouldn't be in this
mess. It's all my fault."

"No, it's my fault," Eve argued.
"God told you about the rule first, but I was fully aware of it,
too."

"You know, before we ate the
forbidden fruit, we always got along very well," Adam observed.
"Then after we ate the fruit and the Sovereign Lord made us leave
Eden, we started constantly arguing."

"You're right about that, too," Eve
replied. "You know, I hate it when we don't get along. Why can't
we just agree to never disagree?"

"Wonderful," Adam said. "We can
start right now."

At first, the couple's commitment
not to argue went well. In order to achieve family harmony,
sometimes Adam cooperated with Eve's suggestions, and at other
times, Eve went along with Adam's way of looking at
things.

With the passing of time, however,
both Adam and Eve began displaying a tendency to stick with their
own viewpoint on any given topic. Before long, neither was
willing to compromise on anything.

There were no family counselors
back in those days, so they couldn't just look in a telephone
directory or access the Internet to find someone with whom they
could discuss their issues. Adam, however, recalled the
cool-of-the-day conversations with God while they still lived in
Paradise.

One day, feeling a bit depressed
about the couple's strained relationship, Adam decided to speak
to the Sovereign Lord about the problem. "God, I know that you
hear me and that you know the situation between Eve and me," Adam
whispered. "I would certainly appreciate anything you can do to
make things better."

"What do you want me to do?," asked
the Lord.

"You can make her see things my way
once in a while, can't you?," asked Adam.

"No, I'm not going to force her to
agree with you," replied the Lord. "And by the way, she has
already asked me to make you occasionally see things her
way."

"So what are you going to do about
this?," asked Adam.

"That's between you and Eve,"
replied the Lord. "But I suggest that the two of you find some
common ground on which to base your relationship, or your
marriage will get rockier and rockier."